Wind-heat cold symptoms and treatment knowledge

Wind-heat cold is actually what we often call the feeling of heat in our daily life, which is more common in summer and autumn. Common symptoms of wind-heat cold include headache, nasal congestion, sticky yellow sputum, cough, etc. There are many ways to treat wind-heat colds, including Chinese patent medicine, diet therapy, etc.

Wind-heat symptoms and cold diagnosis

Exogenous infection often occurs in spring. Spring is windy and the climate turns warmer, so wind and heat evils often coexist to cause illness. Wind-heat cold is a symptom caused by wind-heat evil invading the lung defense, causing disharmony between the lung defense and the surface defense, and failure of the lung to clear and purify.

Main symptoms: ① Fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, no sweat or sweat, headache and body aches;

②Nasal congestion, yellow turbid nasal discharge, cough, red, dry and painful throat.

Three soups for treating wind-heat cold

(1) Mint porridge (selected from "Song Yu Lu") Boil the mint juice and wait for it to cool down. Add glutinous rice and water to cook porridge. When the porridge is almost done, add the mint juice and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Take it when it is slightly warm, it is best if you sweat. Mint is an important medicine for dispersing wind-heat. Adding mint to porridge with rice and rock sugar can induce sweating and has a stomach-protecting effect. This soup is most suitable for those who have just caught a wind-heat. The symptoms of wind-heat cold are worsening fever, headache, red, swollen, dry and painful throat, nasal congestion and yellow mucus, cough with sticky or yellow sputum, thirst and desire to drink, and fear of wind. Looking in the mirror, you can see that the tip of the tongue is red and the coating is thin, white and slightly yellow. It may also aggravate acne on the head and face, constipation, etc. The treatment method should be mainly based on relieving exterior symptoms with pungent and cool properties.

(2) Mulberry, chrysanthemum and mint drink: Add mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, mint, bitter bamboo leaves and a little honey to appropriate amount of water, boil and drink frequently instead of tea. Mulberry leaves clear away lung heat; chrysanthemums dispel wind-heat, improve eyesight and soothe the liver; mint is an important medicine for dispersing wind-heat and can quickly relieve symptoms such as fever and headache. It is also suitable for patients with high blood pressure, headache, or blurred vision.

(3) Steamed pear with Fritillaria and Adenophora: Peel and core a pear, add appropriate amounts of Fritillaria, Adenophora, mint and rock sugar, put them in a bowl, add water and steam until cooked. Eat them in the morning and evening for several days. This soup moistens dryness and relieves cough, resolves phlegm and clears the lungs. It is especially suitable for the elderly and children who have a cold and fever that damages the yin and causes dry throat and cough, lung heat and yellow phlegm, or thirst and dry stool due to loss of body fluid.